hád-bót
Entry preview:
Sé ðe Godes þeówum gederige seofonfealdre bóte gebéte hit be þám be seó dǽd sý and be þám ðe se hád sý . . . Tó hád-bðte, gif líflyre wurþe . . . þone forman stæpe béte man mid áne punde, and mid gódre bóte þingige georne, Ll.
emnettan
To make even or equal, to regulate ⬩ æquāre, coæquāre
Entry preview:
To make even or equal, to regulate; æquāre, coæquāre Synt to emnettenne be ðissere emnihte they are to be regulated by this equinox. Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 11, 15; Lchdm. iii. 256, 24. Ic emnytte coæquo, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 56
on-lecgende
Entry preview:
For 'on-lying' substitute 'that is to be laid on, that is to be applied to a wound', and add: — Wiþ sweórcoþe, wyrc onlecgende sealfe, Genim fearres gelyndo and beran smeru and weax, ealra emfela, wyrc tó sealfe, smire mid, Lch. ii. 48, 5
æmtegian
to be at leisure
Entry preview:
to be at leisure, Past. 18, 4; Hat. MS. 26 b, 16
eorsian
to be angry
Entry preview:
to be angry, Ps. Spl. 4, 5 : Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 22
un-geméde
Entry preview:
Perhaps this word should be taken as a noun; see mád-mód
eder-gong
Entry preview:
Perhaps ed-ergong= ed-eargung may be read =(?) renewed discouragement; or eargung
tolcettan
To be wanton
Entry preview:
To be wanton Tolcetende ł fleardiende infruticans, luxurians, Hpt. Gl. 435, 36
Linked entry: tolcendlíce
hleów
A shelter, ⬩ protection, ⬩ covering, ⬩ refuge;
Entry preview:
Wes earmra hleó be a refuge for the poor, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 32; Dan. 587. Eorla hleó [Beowulf] Beo. Th. 1586; B. 791:Hrothgar, 2074; B. 1035: 3736; B. 1866: Exon. 100 b; Th. 379, 30: Deór. 41. Tó ðam bisceope reordode: Ðú eorla hleó, Elen.
hype
Entry preview:
'Hæbbe eówer ǽlc his sweord be his ðió (super femur suum)'. . . Is ðearf ðæt hé hæbbe his sweord be his hype (super femur suum), Past. 433, 15. Ðæt mon his sweord doo ofer his hype, 383, 4
late
Entry preview:
Ben. 119, 4
hreám
A cry ⬩ outcry ⬩ hue ⬩ crying ⬩ tumult ⬩ uproar
Entry preview:
Ðam hálgan were wæs geþuht ðæt ðæs gefeohtes hreám mihte beón gehýred geond ealle eorþan it seemed to the holy man that the uproar of the conflict could be heard over all the earth, Homl. Th. ii. 336, 17: Cd.166; Th. 206, 10; Exod. 449: Beo.
Linked entry: hrýman
nabban
not to have ⬩ to be without
Entry preview:
Ne mæg ðæt ná beón ðæt ða bearn langunga nabban, Blickl. Homl. 131, 26. Næbben, Beo. Th. 3705; B. 1850. Hét mé fremdne god hergan, oððe hí nabban, Exon. Th. 247, 12; Jul. 77. Sint hí ðé pliólícran hæfd ðonne næfd, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, note 10
ge-cennan
Entry preview:
Gecened, 1. 13. to give forth a statement, declare, make known. absolute, to state the conditions of a case Ic gecende be ðám ðe ic cúðe; sé ðe bet cunne gecýðe his máre I have set forth the state of things as I knew it; let him that knows it better
Finnas
Entry preview:
Not Finland, but the Fins' land; for how could Beowulf, in his swimming-match with Breca, be borne by the sea to Finland?
ge-samnung
Entry preview:
assembling :-- Þæt wé sendan and wilnian fultum be swá manegum mannum swá ús cinelic þince . . . ꝥ þám forworhtum mannum beó þe mára ege for úre gesomnunge (or under ), Ll. Th.
wénan
Entry preview:
Ic wundrige hwí ðú éfre þæs wénan mahte be mannum sáwlum þæt hý nǽran ǽcan, 62, 23. (4 a) :-- Ðý lǽs men wénan ðæt ðú náne næbbe, Prov. K. 76. Tó þám ꝥ sceolde beón wéned ꝥ hé wǽre se cyning ut rex esse putaretur. Gr. D. 131, 15. I.
a-fúlian
To become foul ⬩ to putrefy ⬩ be defiled ⬩ putrescere ⬩ putrefieri ⬩ inquinari
Entry preview:
To become foul, to putrefy, be defiled; putrescere, putrefieri, inquinari, Scint. 66: 17
byst
Entry preview:
art, shalt be, Lk. Bos. l, 76: Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 12
morþ-sliht
Murder ⬩ assassination
Entry preview:
Murder, assassination Be morþslihtum, L. Æðelst. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 11, 12
Linked entry: morþor-sliht